Tag: race
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DOT agrees to remove race, gender-based criteria from DBE program
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The DOT has agreed to settle a case challenging the constitutionality of its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, effectively barring women- and minority-owned companies from automatic inclusion in the initiative. In a joint motion filed May…
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Contractors tout tech as AI arms race continues
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: As artificial intelligence continues to gain prominence in the construction world, two large builders are touting their new solutions as effective tools of the trade. Granite Construction and Skanska have shared in-house tools that the…
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The AI infrastructure race hits a political reality check
Joe Brettell is a partner at Prosody Group and Jeff Berkowitz is the founder and CEO of Delve DC, an AI-driven opposition research and market intelligence firm. Opinions are the authors’ own. As the race to deploy AI infrastructure intensifies, technology firms and power providers find themselves navigating an increasingly complex political and regulatory landscape. For…
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New competence framework tackles ‘race to the bottom’ that led to Grenfell
A new framework defines the minimum competence requirements for those undertaking procurement activities in the industry. The purpose of the ‘Competence Framework for Procurement Professionals in the Built Environment in England‘ is to promote and uphold “the highest industry standards” across the lifecycle of a building and in the supply chain and prevent the poor…
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The AI arms race is on for builders in 2025
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In an era of rapid technological advancement for the construction industry, one piece of technology looms above the rest in status and notoriety — artificial intelligence. Its omnipresence in the larger business conversation has not escaped construction.…